Volume 93, Issue 10: April 12, 2013 North Park Press

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Volume 93, Issue 10 Friday April 12, 2013
In This Issue
Knowledge Treasure
By Garrett Warren
Where in the World?
by Ernesto Santiago
Windy City Thangs by
Drew Arvidson
Sport Wrap-ups
by Abbie McKowen
Concerts!
by Kylee Reynolds
Older than America
by Tiia Sahrakorpi
Lets Talk About Sex!
by Emily Loutfy
The North Branch
And more!
Java Haus Enters Early Hibernation
Keir Quackenbush
Reporter
On February 27th Java
Haus closed for the rest of
the 2013 spring semester,
the result of a number
of issues plaguing the
student-run operation.
The decision to close was
made by the Assistant
to the Dean of Student
Development Leah
Blanchfield whose concern
was initially raised by
the inconsistency of Java
Haus’ hours of operation,
but grew to include issues
regarding the stocking
of Java’s shelves as well
as the integrity of its
vending. The resignation
of Java Haus’ manager on
February 26th ultimately
led Blanchfield to decide
upon a fresh start in
the fall of 2013 rather
than beginning again too
soon and risking similar
difficulties.
As a result of the
resignation of Java’s
manager, four student
workers who have been
staffing the operation this
year through ‘work study’,
a federal, need-based
employment program, will
not be able to continue their
regular hours. Fortunately,
most have been able to find
other work or pick up extra
hours in other previously
held on campus jobs.
In order to keep snacks
available for the remainder
of the semester and beyond,
physical plant is intending
to install vending
machines somewhere in
the Java Haus lounge.
Before they are installed,
though, the evaluation
must be made whether
the building can properly
power the machines and
if there is adequate space
for the machines to be
brought into the building.
These machines would
surely make food more
consistently available for
students, but they would
also most likely draw
sales away from the future
operation of Java Haus.
According to CLASS
Treasurer Josh Hofstra,
Java Haus has in years
past brought in up to
$1,000 per month, with
a revenue around $500,
allowing for the operation
to be fully self-sustaining.
Recently, however, the
revenue per month had
fallen between $200 and
$400, leaving CLASS
responsible for filling in
the budget gap.
In the meantime,
students are mourning the
loss of a convenient snack
stop and social hub. Drew
Edstrom, Freshman and
resident of Burgh Hall, has
been feeling Java’s absence,
commenting: “The closing
of Java Haus weighs on
my heart. Where else am I
supposed to get snacks at
night when I am hanging
out with my brothers?”.
Isaac Pederson, Freshman
diabetic, voiced concerns
for the accessibility of
snacks to help regulate his
blood sugar.
Vice President elect
Ben Poor who will be
in charge of operations
and publications next
year hopes to enliven the
Java Haus atmosphere
by reinstating ‘open mic’
nights and inviting more
events to be held in the
space. He is also looking
into the possibility of
updating the current
furnishing so as to make
Java more comfortable and
inviting.
See JAVA HAUS page 2
Java Haus lounge (Garrett Warren)
Billy Rivi
Online Editor
The U-Pass is a topic that
should be familiar to most
North Park students. Some
will inevitably moan, groan,
and roll their eyes at the
mere mention of the U-Pass,
citing a history plagued with
failed attempts at acquiring
the card for NPU students.
Nevertheless, the North Park
Justice League believes that
the process for acquiring the
U-Pass is a ripe opportunity
for promoting and exercising
the power wielded by the
student body. Empowering
students, both on campus
and as a political entity, is a
task of great significance to
the NPJL, which strives to
advocate and defend justice
worldwide.
The Justice League also
claims that the U-Pass
represents something more
than just unlimited el rides.
To them, the U-Pass is a
manifestation of some of the
core values and ideals that
they hope to instill within the
North Park community and
administration. Explicitly,
the NPJL is operating on a
platform that attempts to
“decrease student debt, create
jobs, and preserve and protect
our planet.” According to
NPJL president Myria Diaz,
the U-Pass coincides with the
environmental component of
the NPJL’s mission. “We’re
hoping that [North Park]
will be able to adopt these
[values] and bring them to
our campus.”
The NPJL looks to
North Park’s claim of being
“intentionally urban” as
support for its cause. While
the NPJL maintains to have
heard a compelling clamor
for the U-Pass, the desire
has yet to be recognized
by the administration.
Rachelle Ankney, Professor
of Mathematics and club
sponsor, professed the need
for students to rally and
become a viable political
power, citing the student loan
crisis. “We’re only fighting
for the things we’ve already
heard from our people,” she
stated regarding the U-Pass.
The U-Pass, for those
unfamiliar, is a card provided
by the Chicago Transit
Authority which affords the
holder, a university student,
unlimited rides on CTA trains
and buses. Each card lasts
for one semester. Numerous
schools in Chicago, including
Loyola University and the
University of Illinois at
Chicago, offer students the
U-Pass. North Park, however,
is not one of the accredited
universities in Chicago that
does not offer its students
the U-Pass. The reason?
Put simply, it has not been
proven to the administration
that there are enough people
willing to buy the U-Pass.
There have been some
compromises in the
meantime, though, including
the Chicago Card, which has
been offered by CLASS since
spring semester last year.
The Chicago Card comes
preloaded with $75 (roughly
33 rides at $2.25 each), while
the student pays only $25.
The plan proposed by the
Justice League would ask
students to pay $100 per
semester for unlimited use of
the CTA.
As of April 2, the NPJL
has amassed at least 500
signatures. The goal is 1000
signatures.
NPJL Strives to Instill Values, Promote Student
Power with U-Pass
Heather Eslinger
Reporter
On Saturday, April 6, North Park
held the ninth annual Chicago
Reload conference. North Park
has hosted the event since 2005.
Advertised as “A One Day Urban
Youth Worker Conference,” this
event was organized by Chicago
youth leaders with the support of
the North Park University staff.
Reload was an all-day event
beginning with registration and
breakfast. The attenders had the
opportunity to go to three different
workshops. Workshop presenters
came from a variety of organizations
and churches: Madison Square,
Oakdale Covenant, The House,
New Community Covenant, and
Apostolic Church of God. The
workshops covered a variety of
topics within youth work such as
multicultural ministry, social media,
Bible storytelling, and discipleship.
Many of our very own North Park
staff members presented or co-led
workshops.
The opening and closing
ceremonies featured keynote
speakers Steven Pemberton, youth
advocate, motivational speaker, and
author of A Chance In The World, and
gang intervention specialist Amy
Williams. University Ministries
provided worship teams for these
ceremonies.
Through the coordination of
the Center for Youth Ministry,
specifically Alison Burkhardt,
Associate Director, and Daniel White
Hodge, Director, North Park was
able to integrate student volunteers
into this event. This was an
excellent opportunity for students to
get involved with the Chicago youth
ministries. In particular, the Urban
Youth Ministry class volunteered,
and gained an excellent experience
by seeing the different organizations
in which an urban youth worker
could become involved.
See RELOAD page 2
North Park Hosts
9th Annual Chicago
Reload
Who We Are
2 Friday April 12, 2013 NNoorrtthh PPaarrkk PPrreessss
Heard Around Campus
I ran away before he could
wave his Confederate flag
in my Northern face.
If I haven’t sought out a child to
throttle, maybe I’ll come up.
I hope all of the characters are
named after the tribes of Judah. Attractiveness makes
everything hard.
No one will ever love
you like your cats.
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JAVA HAUS from page 1
“Our goals for Java Haus
are to turn it into a place
where people want to go to
again. I spent every night
down there during my
freshmen year, it was one of
the best places to hangout
and to study as well”.
In tandem with Burgh
Resident Director Rick
Tretheway, Blanchfield
hopes to set Java Haus back
on its feet by tightening
Java’s rules of operation.
Blanchfield hopes that the
employee handbooks she
is currently drafting will
contribute to making Java
Haus a more consistent
operation. She believes
that by communicating the
expectations of opening,
closing and maintenance
in writing for the
employees many important
improvements will be
evident.
A number of other changes
regarding the operation
of Java Haus will come
into effect upon reopening.
For example, while the
restocking of Java was once
in the hands of the student
manager, Blanchfield hopes
to utilize a delivery service so
that inventory will be more
consistent.
Another goal for improving
Java Haus next year is the
implementation of rigidly
consistent hours of operation,
allowing for more dependable
availability as well as more
employment opportunities,
opportunities that are
planned to be extended even
to those without work study.
Although the business
operation of Java Haus
will be inactive until this
upcoming fall, the lounge
space will remain open from
noon till midnight Sunday-
Thursday and noon till 2:00
a.m. on Friday and Saturday,
coinciding with current
checkout guidelines. The
intent is to keep the Java
lounge open as a comfortable
social hub, an event venue
and an alternative to
Burghatory study space.
Speaking to the value
of Java Haus, Blanchfield
offered this remark: “It’s a
great space and it has great
possibility–not something
that I want to see students
lose. I want to see it
ramped back up to fulfill its
potential”.
RELOAD from page 1
Laura Rudeen, a student
in the Urban Youth Ministry
class and the volunteer
coordinator for this event,
said, “It was cool to see so
many people just in Chicago
who are doing this kind of
work because they’re not all
working with the same kind
of organization. They come
from churches or community
development groups or social
work groups. It is a great
opportunity for students
to see youth workers doing
urban ministry in a lot of
different fields.”
This was Rudeen’s, a junior
BTS and Youth Ministry
major, third experience with
Reload, “[Reload] is not only
a chance for continuing
education, it is also a chance
to refresh and be encouraged
and network.”
“I think this year was
successful from a lot of
different standpoints. Not
all only did a lot of people get
the chance to network, I saw
a lot of new faces there that I
hadn’t seen before. Also the
workshops were really good
this year and really different
than just typical discussions.”
Topics did have a present-day
theme, and discussions
attempted to break down
contemporary ideas such
as how to live among kids
who are undocumented and
how to engage the hip-hop
culture.
This was Urban Youth
Ministry student Liza
Fongers’s fourth year being
involved in Reload. Her first
experience was as a junior in
high school, when she and
a group of fellow students
attended Reload. They
participated in the student
leadership tract that Reload
offers for teen leaders.
Saturday’s conference
was Fongers’s third year
volunteering for Chicago
Reload.
Fongers said of the
conference, “Reload is a really
an excellent resource for
youth workers to help them
become better equipped, and
to also reaffirm their work, to
help them recognize they are
not alone in their ministry.”
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(Heather Eslinger)
North Park Press Friday April 12, 2013 3 News
Garrett Warren
Photographer/Reporter
At the heart of our campus
lies a hidden treasure, known
to some but not all of those
who dwell here. Those who
are busy digging through our
former green space might be
hoping for a chest of gold, but
those informed know better;
it is a treasure of knowledge,
culture, and research.
Brandel Library staff
wishes for it to be a location
where students feel welcome,
a place where they can
enjoy the treasures it offers,
according to Matt Ostercamp,
Access Services Librarian.
The library staff have taken
numerous steps to fulfill this
goal and have further plans
to increase the engagement
of students.
One attempt to engage
students is through
increasing access to
technology. Beyond the
250,000 books available
physically at Brandel,
there are a myriad of other
resources. As recent as
this semester, five iPads,
25 MacBook Airs, and six
Kindles were added to the
library’s resources. In an
effort to further grow online
resources, a plan is in place to
create an extensive collection
of e-books available online
by fall 2013. These can be
accessed by any North Park
student or faculty. The
implementation of e-books
will allow 24/7 access to
research materials even if the
library is closed. The e-book
catalog will be available
through Brandel Library’s
current site.
But the resources at the
library do not end with
technology. Perhaps one
of the most important and
most often overlooked assets
of the library is access to one
of four full-time librarians.
Each librarian has either
two Masters Degrees or a
PhD. They are incredibly
familiar with the research
process, and are there to
benefit students in that
process. “Our job is to help
students,” said Ostercamp,
and stressed that the ability
to ask a librarian about
research was the most vital
resource the library offered.
I-Share is another neat
feature of our library. A book-sharing
system between
eighty libraries throughout
Illinois, with over 11 million
unique items and 36 million
items total, I-Share allows
easy access to books that
cannot normally be found
in Brandel. Some major
partners include Wheaton
College, DePaul University,
Columbia College, the
University of Chicago,
Illinois State University,
Loyola University, and
the Moody Bible Institute.
While accessing this system
may seem confusing at first,
it is rather quite simple.
After going into the library’s
catalog search, there is a
drop down box to change the
search from Brandel catalog
to All I-Share libraries.
Upon finding a book you
want, create an account and
a courier will pick it up from
whatever library it is. It will
then be delivered Brandel
within three to seven days.
To simplify matters, the
books can be returned to
Brandel as if it was any other
borrowed book. I-Share
increases student access to
physical books from 250,000
to over 11 million.
Research databases also
play an important role in
the library’s offerings. These
can be accessed by going to
Brandel Library Quick Link
on North Park University’s
homepage. There is an online
resource of over fifty of the
most up-to-date, searchable
databases on almost every
subject taught at North
Park. While access to these
databases is expensive, North
Parkers enjoy free access to
this database system that is
vital for research papers.
Some of the more recent
developments at the library
are the addition of a journal
browsing section on the
first floor to the left. This
is a lounge area with a
vast range of periodicals,
magazines, and journals.
Additionally, if there is an
item that I-Share or Brandel
doesn’t have, whether it be a
book or a DVD, the library is
always open to purchasing
suggestions. Recent DVD
additions include the popular
“Game of Thrones” seasons
one and two.
(Garrett Warren)
A Knowledge Treasure at the Heart of Campus
Ernesto Santiago Elizondo
Reporter
For centuries, the world
has been a paradigm of
mysteries, wonders and
intrigues that prompt and
inspire men and women to
set out into the unknown
and explore treasures
hidden in plain sight. It
was the challenge of these
voyages that gave rise to
the development of a more
open kind of thinking that
revolutionized the way
we live. Today, the many
cultures and wonders of the
world still remain a mystery
worth exploring. There is no
better day than today to start
exploring. The International
Office is hosting its first
ever “Where in the World?”
event, an exhibition,
organizers hope, will offer
students a taste of the thrill
and challenges of studying
abroad, broaden students’
personal horizons, and
discover the same treasures
that changed the world.
Elisabeth Berntsen,
a Norwegian international
student who will be going
to Mexico in the fall, helped
coordinate the event. She
described it as a “golden
opportunity for students
to learn and experience
firsthand the testimonies
of their peers who have
already been abroad as well
as the current international
students we have on
campus.” She continued,
stating, “I hope students
can find it inspirational and
motivational to explore the
diverse world around them
and to see what it means to
be an American in a different
culture”.
The event will feature
presentations from the
different study abroad
opportunities offered through
North Park University as well
as testimonies from students
who have studied abroad.
Other questions and concerns
will also be addressed. Senior
Communication and Media
Studies major Kia Lewis
also helped to coordinate
the expo. “This event has
two purposes,” she stated.
“First, to serve the interest of
those North Park Students
who want to study abroad by
connecting them with peers
and staff that can answer
any questions and concerns
they may have while
studying abroad. Second, we
wanted to let those students
who have been abroad to
tell their story and how they
were they able to grow out
of this unique experience.”
In addition to the great
experience of submerging
yourself in another culture,
studying abroad is also a
great way of networking and
building community in a
larger scale.
Even though studying
abroad is a great way of
enhancing your knowledge
about different cultures while
having fun traveling, it is
also an experience that comes
with challenges that may
seem difficult to overcome.
Junior Spanish Ed. major
Kendra Pearson spent a
semester in Argentina, where
she found that some of the
challenges she encountered
were only reinforcements
that enhanced her dedication
and commitment. “There are
definitely challenges while
studying abroad,” Pearson
stated. “At first, the language
is the main challenge, I knew
enough Spanish to get by,
but putting it into practice
in a real life situation was
slightly more challenging
than what I had expected.
Getting used to not having
all the answers right at the
moment is a learning habit
that I feel made me a more
independent person.”
In addition to discovering
new cultures, languages
and customs, studying
abroad also helps students
rediscover and reshape their
own identity. Eino Sakari
Ilomäki, an international
student from Finland,
explains his experience
studying abroad in Chicago.
“It’s kind of funny, but I think
I have learned the most about
myself during this year, what
I appreciate and wanted
in life. It has also been
important to step out of my
comfort zone in many ways
and see that I can survive. Of
course meeting people with
different background than
my own was a big plus; and
as a social sciences major it
has been really interesting
to see how differently we
behave in certain situations
and what kinds of beliefs and
schemes/thoughts structures
we have developed.” There
are many things in life that
can directly impact your life
in many ways for better or
worse. Traveling is, in many
ways, an open book waiting
for us to read through its
pages.
The “Where in The World?”
study abroad seminar on
Sunday April 14 from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m. on the second floor
of Brandel Library. Come
and explore the world right
at your doorstep. Enjoy
samples of international
cuisine as well as the
boundless possibilities and
advantages of exploring new
horizons and the importance
of studying abroad.
Where in the World? A Taste of Global Experience
Right at Your Doorstep
4 Friday April 12, 2013 North Park Press Sports
Abbie McKowen
Sports Editor
In April of 2012 the NCAA
celebrated its first weeklong
celebration of Division III schools.
This year the celebration starts
on April 8 and goes until April
14. Division III Week celebrates
the unique experience of athletes
on the Division III level, valuing
academics, school, and community
involvement on the same level as
athletics. Division III athletes aren’t
awarded athletic scholarships, so
their experience is centered around
their love of the game as well as the
classroom. According to the NCAA
“Division III week is a positive
opportunity for all individuals
associated with Division III to
observe and celebrate the impact
of athletics and of student-athletes
on the campus and surrounding
community.”
Division III is the largest of the
NCAA’s division. Over 175,000
athletes compete at this level. The
goal of Division III is to create
student-athletes who compete at a
high level, excel in the classroom,
and are able to pursue other passions
outside of their athletic field.
North Park athletic director, Dr.
Jack Surridge, shares his thoughts
on Division III athletes. “The
facets that distinguish Division III
athletics at North Park University
are love of the sport, the balance
between academics and athletics
and exceptional competition in
our conference. By definition our
student-athletes are not on athletic
scholarships. They compete because
they love their particular sports not
because their scholarship will be
pulled if they don’t perform.”
As a part of the celebration
the NCAA asks every Division III
campus to hold some sort of event
“a type of outreach activity that
falls into one of three categories:
academic accomplishment; athletic
experience; or leadership/community
service/campus involvement.”
The North Park event was
organized by the Student Athlete
Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Members of SAAC reached out to the
Carl Von Linne Elementary School
Softball team. North Park student-athletes
sat with the softball team
and watched the North Park-
St. Mary’s softball game Sunday
afternoon. In between the double
header the elementary softball team
was introduced to the North Park
softball team. The girls played catch
with North Park athletes and ran
around the bases at the Holmgren
Complex. The softball team then
got to enjoy watching North Park’s
sweep over St. Mary’s College.
Faculty advisor of SAAC, coach
Steve Imig commented “The event
proved to be a great way for North
Park and SAAC to celebrate Division
III week in seeking to give back
to the community. I believe that
everyone involved had a fun and
rewarding day and hopefully this is
a partnership that we can continue
to build in looking to the future.”
North Park Celebrates NCAA Division III Week
Abbie McKowen
Sports Editor
Softball Team Continuing Success
The North Park softball team has had a great amount of
success at the beginning of their season. As the team begins
to enter conference play they’re looking to hang on to that
success. In their first conference game of the season the
team defeated Wheaton 2-1. Sophomore Lindsay Synek
hit the game winning hit to complete the Viking comeback.
Synek almost did it again in the second game of the double
header but Wheaton held on to their 3-2 lead to win the
second game.
Sports Wrap-Ups
Men’s Golf Team Opens Season with an Impressive
Finish
At the Elmhurst College Blue Jay Classic the men’s golf team
opened their season only one stroke short of champions. The
team tied for 2nd with Carthage out of 13 teams. The Vikings
had a team score of 306, while Milikin University finished just
ahead of North Park with a score of 305. Senior Sean Bostrom
and juniors Martin Carlsson and Tobias Nordin all tied for
fourth with the same score of 76. Senior Oscar Lidheim tied
for 12th with a score of 78. The Vikings are looking to continue
their success to the Augustana College Invite on April 12 and
13. The women’s team will also be competing at the Augustana
College Invite to open their season.
Track and Field Competes at
Chicagoland Championships
The men and women’s Track and Field
teams traveled to Romeoville, IL to compete
at Lewis University where men’s team
finished in 15th with a team score of 13
points and the women finished in 19th with
a score of 3 points. The men’s team had
some impressive finishes from freshmen
Marcus Griffith and Manuel Ley, as well as
sophomore Dave Anderson. Griffith finished
6th in the 110 meter hurdles. Ley finished
5th in the pole vault. Anderson came up huge
for the Vikings with a 3rd place finish in the
discus throw. The women’s side had a strong
showing from junior Shanicka Watson, who
earned the women’s only top ten finish in the
long jump by finishing in 6th. Other top 20
finishes for the men and women came from
Dominikque Williams, Alexa Baker, Amber
Warners, Emma Manning, Sarah Ring,
Natalie Swanson, Olivia Dwight, Justin
Klinefelter, Patrick Wallace, and Andrew
Gapsch. The track and field teams will
compete again on April 13 at the Wisconsin
Lutheran Invitational.
Vikings Controlling the CCIW
The North Park baseball team is about halfway through the
season and going strong. Right in the middle of conference play
the baseball team is currently ranked second in the conference,
but still awaiting the challenge of Illinois Wesleyan University,
currently undefeated in the conference. After suffering a rough
loss to Wheaton Friday night the team traveled to Wheaton
to put to rest any doubts about the baseball team when they
defeated the Thunder 15-5. To further prove that the Vikings
can compete in one of the toughest conferences in the nation
they swept the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
(CCIW) Player of the Week honors. Senior Kyle Williams
earned hitter of the week and junior Nick Vidas earned pitcher
of the week honors. This is the team’s first Player of the Week
honors this season.
Images courtesy of
North Park Athletics
A&E North Park Press Friday April 12, 2013 5
Carrie Underwood- 5/2
Probably one of the most successful American
Idols to date, Carrie Underwood has had her
music played on the country stations as well
as the top 40 stations. She’s bringing her boots
and her voice to the Prairie State May 2nd on
the Midwest leg of her Blown Away Tour. Hunter
Hayes, known for his hit song ‘Wanted’ that has
all the ladies swooning, joins her. Come see this
dynamic duo perform before all the tickets are
gone.
Kenny Chesney- 4/26
Forget British invasion, Chicago is being
taken over by musicians from the south. Kacey
Musgraves and the Eli Young Band will join
Kenny Chesney at the end of the month for their
No Shoes Nation tour. Chesney has produced over
19 albums to date, with his most popular singles
being ‘She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy’, ‘No Shirt,
No Shoes, No Problem’, and ‘Summertime’. He
has toured with names like Dierks Bentley, Keith
Urban, Brooks and Dunn and Luke Bryan. If you
want to get your boots tappin’ but can’t wait for
Carrie, hit this show as your warm up!
Senses Fail- 5/3
This New Jersey based band had been
successful from the get go with their album Let
it Enfold You. A hardcore band at their base, they
use external influences from books, philosophy
and religion to tie their sound together. Despite
success with their other 5 albums, their most
recognized song is still probably ‘Buried a Lie’
from their first album. Catch them at the Bottom
Lounge in May.
Kylee Reynolds
A&E Editor
Drew Arvidson
News Editor
Bourgeois Pig (Fullerton)
The Bourgeois Pig is a unique
fusion between a quiet café and a
mouth-watering French restaurant.
One side of the restaurant is strictly
a café where you can get yourcoffee
or latte. The other side is the
restaurant where you order your
food. They serve perfectly pressed
panini’s as well as reward winning
sandwiches. The restaurant is
medium priced, while the café is
normally priced. What makes this
place stand out is the unique decor
of the upstairs. There are several
separate rooms, some where you sit
on velvet couches and some where
you can sit at a wooden table. The
walls are covered with antique
mirrors and the ambiance is lighted
with beautiful chandeliers. The
Bourgeois Pig makes for a great
casual brunch with a close friends.
Little Goat Diner (West Loop)
Stephanie Izard, winner of
Season 4 Top Chef, is the founder
of Little Goat Diner. Little Goat
Diner is known for their bread.
Other than bread, the diner serves
coffee, croissants, soups, bagels
and sandwiches. Little Goat Diner
has an open environment, with
warm looking furniture and a bar
that faces the kitchen with an open
kitchen window. The window allows
the guests to anxiously watch their
meals be prepared. This makes a
perfect place to take someone who’s
visiting out to breakfast and then
show them around downtown. But
don’t limit it to just a breakfast
venue, they offer a superb lunch
and dinner menu as well.
Windy City Thangs
Sam Wyand
Guest Writer
Another weekend of recitals has
ended, much to the relief of several
music students. Aaron Boock, a
Senior studying Music and Worship,
had his recital at Sojourner Covenant
Church on Friday, April 5th.
Unfortunately, because Sojourner is
in Evanston, I had a problem getting
out to his recital. However, after
asking students who attended how
the recital went, I heard only good
things about Aaron’s performance.
I did, however, manage to make it
to a performance by Leslie Michele
at North Park Covenant Church on
Sunday the 7th.
Leslie, who specializes in
vocal Jazz and Gospel, organized her
performance to reflect her spiritual
journey throughout the year. Leslie
was joined by guest artists like
Professor Thomas Jefferson and
North Park Seniors William Bodell,
Anders Nordstrom, Robin Rice,
and Teel Short. Juniors Ewa B.
Sarota-Raczek and Benjamin Rico
also performed. Leslie acted as the
premiere vocalist for each of the
various ensembles that were on
stage and added her individual vocal
color to each song in a unique way.
As Leslie performed inspirational
spirituals like Strength, Courage,
and Widsom and Bridge Over
Troubled Water, she explained in a
small monologue how each piece had
significantly affected her spiritual
journey. Leslie also performed pieces
composed by North Park students
Robin Rice and Benjamin Rico.
Overall, I thought that the
performance was excellent. The
theme that Leslie created for the
Recital tied the pieces together and
allowed the audience to experience
a part of the moving journey that
Leslie had experienced. Leslie sang
with passion and brought several in
the audience to tears with the raw
emotion of her low, sweet voice. In
general, Leslie kept her pitch well
and relied on close contact with
her audience rather than strong
dynamics to get her message across.
Senior Recitals
Chicago
Concerts
6 Friday April 12, 2013 North Park Press Opinion
Older than
America:
Everything in
England
Tiia Sahrakorpi
International Columnist
What’s more exciting than seeing
Stonehenge? Well, not much, except seeing
British warships from the 1800s, Roman
forts and Norman castles. The last part of
my study abroad has been a class called
British Landscapes, which takes place right
after the eight week Oxford term. Let me
recap this into perspective for you: eight
weeks of Oxford term is basically the same
as a normal sixteen week semester at North
Park. I wrote 12 essays of 2,500 words each
and read eight to ten books per paper. By
the time British Landscape started I was
tired and exhausted—and I had three more
essays to still write. But enough about
essays! More about England!
During the last four weeks of studying
abroad, we visited as a group of fifty American
students a plethora of fascinating British
sites that many other tourists probably
might not get the chance to visit—such as
Portsmouth and Winchester. Portsmouth is
on the southern coast of England and has
been a naval port for longer than America
has even been a colony, let alone a country.
Henry VIII’s warship, The Mary Rose set
sail in 1548 from the very naval port still
in use today. The Romans originally built
a fort near Portsmouth to scare off pirates
and other nasty sorts, until the Normans
came and refurbished the Roman military
fort with a tall, threatening tower.
The fort was brought back into use by the
British navy, where they kept Spanish and
French prisoners during the Napoleonic
wars in the early1800s. These rather crafty
prisoners made lace, which apparently
they were so good at making that it became
more popular than the products of the local
lace makers, forcing the prisoners to stop
selling lace. Portsmouth is also the home to
HMS Warrior, the famous battleship where
Lord Nelson (think the British version of
George Washington as a naval commander,
with equal amounts of reverence and hero-worship)
fought Napoleon in the Battle of
Trafalgar and died a very heroic death in
1805.
Winchester, on the other hand, a quaint
and beautiful town is home to the Hospital
of St. Cross, established around 1133-1136
by Bishop of Winchester, Henry de Blois,
grandson of William the Conqueror. It
was not a hospital in the sense that we
understand the word, but a place where
old men could live on the expense of
donations. It still functions in the same
way as it did nearly a thousand years
ago, and I would expect it will continue
on for many years to come. Another
beautiful reason to visit Winchester
is to view its old cathedral, which was
started by the Normans and worked on
for many centuries afterwards.
While London and Oxford are
definitely worth the visit, other places
in England provide even more of an
insight into the rich history England
has to offer that is not quite like
anything we have the States.
To find out more:
http://www.maryrose.org/
http://stcrosshospital.co.uk/
http://winchester-cathedral.org.uk/
Emily Loutfy
Columnist
So this conversation is about to
take a very uncomfortable turn.
But please, don’t think of me as
your mother or father – blushing
awkwardly and spewing words from
their mouth like “birds” and “bees”
and “intercourse.” Now that I’ve
painted this wonderful picture for
you, we’re gonna talk about sex (ba-by
– sorry, for the love of Salt N’ Pepa,
I had to).
While Christian morality
(and my own personal morality)
doesn’t line up with sex outside of a
committed relationship, it’s no one’s
job to judge you for the things you do
in your “free time.” My job is to inform
you of things that are pertinent to
your health. And people, you’re going
to want to listen to this one.
The CDC just announced
recently that 20 million newly
reported sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) occur annually. This
doesn’t apply to those who have gone
through life without treating these
STIs. For those who don’t know,
this is the new tokened term for
sexually transmitted disease (STD).
It is an umbrella term encompassing
everything related to problems in,
ahem, those areas.
They also report that treating
these STIs cost the healthcare
industry over $16 billion in direct
medical costs annually. They state
that those who are 15-24 account
for half of all new infections. Notice
that I didn’t say recurring infections
– which some of them will do at
different points in your life. Some
of them stick around your entire
life, causing degenerative health
problems, such as HIV.
CDC epidemiologist Catherine
Satterwhite stated in an article
by CNN Medical Producer Willam
Hudson: “All STIs are preventable.
They’re all treatable, and many are
curable. But if they’re left untreated,
they can lead to pretty serious lifelong
problems and even death.”
She also stated the importance
of talking openly to your partners
and doctors about it. Take the steps
to reduce your individual risk by
“vaccinating, practicing abstinence,
using condoms correctly and
consistently every time and being in a
mutually monogamous relationship”
Here are some additional
recommendations from the Center
for Disease Control:
– “All sexually active women aged
25 and younger should be screened
annually for chlamydia, as well as
older women with risk factors such
as new or multiple sex partners.
– At-risk sexually active women,
such as those with new or multiple
sex partners, should be screened
yearly for gonorrhea.
– All pregnant women should be
screened for syphilis, HIV, chlamydia
and hepatitis B, and at-risk pregnant
women should be screened for
gonorrhea at the first prenatal visit.
– All HIV-positive women should be
screened annually for trichomoniasis.
– All sexually active gay, bisexual
or other men who have sex with
men should be screened at least
once a year for syphilis, chlamydia,
gonorrhea and HIV; men who have
multiple or anonymous male sex
partners should be screened more
frequently for STIs (three- to six-month
intervals), and men who have
sex with men and use illicit drugs
such as methamphetamine, or have
partners who do, should be screened
more frequently.”
If you have questions, you can
email me at my Vikings email. I will
be happy to refer you to someone who
can answer questions that I can’t!.
Take care of yourselves, peeps.
Lets Talk About Sex!
(Tiia Sahrakorphi)
North Park Press Friday April 12, 2013 7
THEME: EARTH DAY
ACROSS
1. It’s a wrap
6. *A call to being green, acr.
9. Fog effect
13. Solo
14. Mother, sister or daughter
15. “_____ truly”
16. Teacher’s pet, e.g.
17. Radio knob
18. Consume
19. Bungle
21. *Biology branch
23. Long time
24. Niels Bohr’s study object
25. Cleopatra’s killer?
28. Christening acquisition
30. On which Romney and Obama
were found
35. It must go on?
37. *Like animal near extinction
39. Marilyn Munster to Herman
Munster, e.g.
40. Delhi dress
41. Sends by posts
43. Imitator
44. Are not
46. Mosquito net fabric
47. End of the line
48. Noontime
50. Give certain impression
52. DNA transmitter
53. Boll weevil, e.g.
55. Car display
57. *Garden helper
61. Iron Man’s robotic nemesis
64. French farewell
65. Galley tool
67. Vociferously praises
69. Choral composition with
sacred lyrics
70. Fix a game
71. He lives on Sesame Street
72. *You do it to your garden’s soil
before planting
73. “... ___ he drove out of sight”
74. Homes are often tested for this
DOWN
1. Maple syrup precursor
2. Reunion attendee
3. Lariat, e.g.
4. Used in some liquors
5. *Earth Day founder
6. Please get back to me
7. 17th letter of Greek alphabet
8. Rent again
9. Delivered by a mare
10. *Its emissions are regulated
11. Pharma product
12. Grammy of sports
15. Tower of London guard
20. Render harmless
22. *Corn holder, often left behind
to protect soil quality
24. Most aerial
25. Indian state
26. Harry Belafonte’s daughter
27. Focused or riveted
29. “Yes, ___”
31. One who fabricates
32. _____ colony, middle ages
33. *An earthly body
34. *Earth to ancient Romans
36. *Prop pusher
38. Do it “or ____!”
42. Beach souvenir
45. To give up or bow out
49. Up and down nod
51. *______ earth
54. Mercantile establishment
56. Kate Middleton’s head gear
57. Barack’s David
58. One wafting
59. Possible indoor allergy cause
60. Voyeur’s glance
61. Impulse
62. “____ your manners”
63. Assortment
66. *Clean ___ Act
68. Congressional title
Sudoku solution from 3/28
Crossword solution from 3/28
8 Friday April 12, 2013 North Park Press
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
April
7 8 9 10 11 12 Chamber Ensembles
Showcase Competition
7:30pm
The Duchess of Malfi
7:30pm
13
Woman’s Chorale
Variety Show/
“Stop It” Fundraiser
5pm
The Duchess of Malfi
7:30pm
14 -Baseball v Augustana
College 12pm
-Softball v Millikin University
12pm
Concert Band 2pm
The Duchess of Malfi 4 pm
College Life 8pm
15
Faculty Recital- Paula
Kosower, cello 7:30pm
16
Baseball v University of
Chicago 6pm
17
Softball v Elmhurst
College 3pm
10:30 a.m. Chapel
18 David Nyvall Lectures
9am-12pm
Softball v Loras
College 4pm
Jesse Weigand Recital
7:30pm
19
The Duchess of Malfi
7:30pm
20
Softball v Illinois Wes-leyan
University 1pm
The Duchess of Malfi
7:30pm
Spring Fling 8pm in
Hamming Hall
21 Baseball v, North Cental
College 1pm
The Duchess of Malfi
7:30pm
College Life 8pm
22 Earth Day
Student Recital- Jason
Nelson and Ewa Sarota-
Raczek 6pm
23 24
University Breakfast
Series 7:30-9:30am
10:30 a.m. Chapel
25 26
Softball v. UChicago
3pm
27
Oratorio- Messiah
7:30pm
28
Art Night @ College Life
8pm
29 30
1
10:30 a.m. Chapel
Library Justice Day: All
funds benefit IJM
2
Student Recital- Jordan
Tyner and Ben Rico
8pm
3
Graduate Recital-
Marlene Meier 7:30pm
4
Student Recital- Kara
Peterson 2pm
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On the bridge she waited.
Moonlight drenched her skin.
The dog came first and then the man.
(Apprehensive, he froze.)
“Are you a ghost?” he whispered.
The dog started to whimper, the man stood pale.
She looked down at her small feet and outstretched arms.
(Inconsequential.)
“I dreamt I met a ghost here,” he explained,
“I wonder if you’re her.”
“Sir,” she responded, quietly,
(“I’m not what you’re searching for.”)
On the Bridge She Waited
by Kat Anderson jaRED
by Rachel Greene
Thump thump
concrete versus tattered red chucks
shoes win
face loses
cooper scented blood leaks from lip
FLASH
seven years
shay’s basement
chase with eye shadow
little brother doesn’t want to “be pretty”
face met door
fat lip
dark red blood
Fortune Cookies?
by Rachel Greene
Fortune Cookies rarely give fortunes
they’re usually just statements…
When in future tense
it’s painfully generic:
“You will cross paths with someone
new
today.”
If I leave my apartment at all today,
I will probably
cross paths with someone new!
“Your infinite capacity for
patience will be
rewarded
sooner or later.”
If “rewarded” at all it would have to be
sooner or
later.
Stupid cookie.
“Hey!” The cracked cookie grumbles
“I’m a cookie what’d you expect?”
Fair enough cookie. Fair enough.
I blame your insides:
“Your life is a dashing and bold adventure.
Lucky Numbers: 18, 16, 43, 41, 35, 36
Lettuce
(shēng) (cái)”
In what conversation
will I only need to know the word lettuce?
Stupid tiny piece of paper.
Cookies always tell the truth
but their paper hearts never do.
My life is
not
a dashing and bold adventure.

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A North Park University Student Publication
North Park press
Volume 93, Issue 10 Friday April 12, 2013
In This Issue
Knowledge Treasure
By Garrett Warren
Where in the World?
by Ernesto Santiago
Windy City Thangs by
Drew Arvidson
Sport Wrap-ups
by Abbie McKowen
Concerts!
by Kylee Reynolds
Older than America
by Tiia Sahrakorpi
Lets Talk About Sex!
by Emily Loutfy
The North Branch
And more!
Java Haus Enters Early Hibernation
Keir Quackenbush
Reporter
On February 27th Java
Haus closed for the rest of
the 2013 spring semester,
the result of a number
of issues plaguing the
student-run operation.
The decision to close was
made by the Assistant
to the Dean of Student
Development Leah
Blanchfield whose concern
was initially raised by
the inconsistency of Java
Haus’ hours of operation,
but grew to include issues
regarding the stocking
of Java’s shelves as well
as the integrity of its
vending. The resignation
of Java Haus’ manager on
February 26th ultimately
led Blanchfield to decide
upon a fresh start in
the fall of 2013 rather
than beginning again too
soon and risking similar
difficulties.
As a result of the
resignation of Java’s
manager, four student
workers who have been
staffing the operation this
year through ‘work study’,
a federal, need-based
employment program, will
not be able to continue their
regular hours. Fortunately,
most have been able to find
other work or pick up extra
hours in other previously
held on campus jobs.
In order to keep snacks
available for the remainder
of the semester and beyond,
physical plant is intending
to install vending
machines somewhere in
the Java Haus lounge.
Before they are installed,
though, the evaluation
must be made whether
the building can properly
power the machines and
if there is adequate space
for the machines to be
brought into the building.
These machines would
surely make food more
consistently available for
students, but they would
also most likely draw
sales away from the future
operation of Java Haus.
According to CLASS
Treasurer Josh Hofstra,
Java Haus has in years
past brought in up to
$1,000 per month, with
a revenue around $500,
allowing for the operation
to be fully self-sustaining.
Recently, however, the
revenue per month had
fallen between $200 and
$400, leaving CLASS
responsible for filling in
the budget gap.
In the meantime,
students are mourning the
loss of a convenient snack
stop and social hub. Drew
Edstrom, Freshman and
resident of Burgh Hall, has
been feeling Java’s absence,
commenting: “The closing
of Java Haus weighs on
my heart. Where else am I
supposed to get snacks at
night when I am hanging
out with my brothers?”.
Isaac Pederson, Freshman
diabetic, voiced concerns
for the accessibility of
snacks to help regulate his
blood sugar.
Vice President elect
Ben Poor who will be
in charge of operations
and publications next
year hopes to enliven the
Java Haus atmosphere
by reinstating ‘open mic’
nights and inviting more
events to be held in the
space. He is also looking
into the possibility of
updating the current
furnishing so as to make
Java more comfortable and
inviting.
See JAVA HAUS page 2
Java Haus lounge (Garrett Warren)
Billy Rivi
Online Editor
The U-Pass is a topic that
should be familiar to most
North Park students. Some
will inevitably moan, groan,
and roll their eyes at the
mere mention of the U-Pass,
citing a history plagued with
failed attempts at acquiring
the card for NPU students.
Nevertheless, the North Park
Justice League believes that
the process for acquiring the
U-Pass is a ripe opportunity
for promoting and exercising
the power wielded by the
student body. Empowering
students, both on campus
and as a political entity, is a
task of great significance to
the NPJL, which strives to
advocate and defend justice
worldwide.
The Justice League also
claims that the U-Pass
represents something more
than just unlimited el rides.
To them, the U-Pass is a
manifestation of some of the
core values and ideals that
they hope to instill within the
North Park community and
administration. Explicitly,
the NPJL is operating on a
platform that attempts to
“decrease student debt, create
jobs, and preserve and protect
our planet.” According to
NPJL president Myria Diaz,
the U-Pass coincides with the
environmental component of
the NPJL’s mission. “We’re
hoping that [North Park]
will be able to adopt these
[values] and bring them to
our campus.”
The NPJL looks to
North Park’s claim of being
“intentionally urban” as
support for its cause. While
the NPJL maintains to have
heard a compelling clamor
for the U-Pass, the desire
has yet to be recognized
by the administration.
Rachelle Ankney, Professor
of Mathematics and club
sponsor, professed the need
for students to rally and
become a viable political
power, citing the student loan
crisis. “We’re only fighting
for the things we’ve already
heard from our people,” she
stated regarding the U-Pass.
The U-Pass, for those
unfamiliar, is a card provided
by the Chicago Transit
Authority which affords the
holder, a university student,
unlimited rides on CTA trains
and buses. Each card lasts
for one semester. Numerous
schools in Chicago, including
Loyola University and the
University of Illinois at
Chicago, offer students the
U-Pass. North Park, however,
is not one of the accredited
universities in Chicago that
does not offer its students
the U-Pass. The reason?
Put simply, it has not been
proven to the administration
that there are enough people
willing to buy the U-Pass.
There have been some
compromises in the
meantime, though, including
the Chicago Card, which has
been offered by CLASS since
spring semester last year.
The Chicago Card comes
preloaded with $75 (roughly
33 rides at $2.25 each), while
the student pays only $25.
The plan proposed by the
Justice League would ask
students to pay $100 per
semester for unlimited use of
the CTA.
As of April 2, the NPJL
has amassed at least 500
signatures. The goal is 1000
signatures.
NPJL Strives to Instill Values, Promote Student
Power with U-Pass
Heather Eslinger
Reporter
On Saturday, April 6, North Park
held the ninth annual Chicago
Reload conference. North Park
has hosted the event since 2005.
Advertised as “A One Day Urban
Youth Worker Conference,” this
event was organized by Chicago
youth leaders with the support of
the North Park University staff.
Reload was an all-day event
beginning with registration and
breakfast. The attenders had the
opportunity to go to three different
workshops. Workshop presenters
came from a variety of organizations
and churches: Madison Square,
Oakdale Covenant, The House,
New Community Covenant, and
Apostolic Church of God. The
workshops covered a variety of
topics within youth work such as
multicultural ministry, social media,
Bible storytelling, and discipleship.
Many of our very own North Park
staff members presented or co-led
workshops.
The opening and closing
ceremonies featured keynote
speakers Steven Pemberton, youth
advocate, motivational speaker, and
author of A Chance In The World, and
gang intervention specialist Amy
Williams. University Ministries
provided worship teams for these
ceremonies.
Through the coordination of
the Center for Youth Ministry,
specifically Alison Burkhardt,
Associate Director, and Daniel White
Hodge, Director, North Park was
able to integrate student volunteers
into this event. This was an
excellent opportunity for students to
get involved with the Chicago youth
ministries. In particular, the Urban
Youth Ministry class volunteered,
and gained an excellent experience
by seeing the different organizations
in which an urban youth worker
could become involved.
See RELOAD page 2
North Park Hosts
9th Annual Chicago
Reload
Who We Are
2 Friday April 12, 2013 NNoorrtthh PPaarrkk PPrreessss
Heard Around Campus
I ran away before he could
wave his Confederate flag
in my Northern face.
If I haven’t sought out a child to
throttle, maybe I’ll come up.
I hope all of the characters are
named after the tribes of Judah. Attractiveness makes
everything hard.
No one will ever love
you like your cats.
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JAVA HAUS from page 1
“Our goals for Java Haus
are to turn it into a place
where people want to go to
again. I spent every night
down there during my
freshmen year, it was one of
the best places to hangout
and to study as well”.
In tandem with Burgh
Resident Director Rick
Tretheway, Blanchfield
hopes to set Java Haus back
on its feet by tightening
Java’s rules of operation.
Blanchfield hopes that the
employee handbooks she
is currently drafting will
contribute to making Java
Haus a more consistent
operation. She believes
that by communicating the
expectations of opening,
closing and maintenance
in writing for the
employees many important
improvements will be
evident.
A number of other changes
regarding the operation
of Java Haus will come
into effect upon reopening.
For example, while the
restocking of Java was once
in the hands of the student
manager, Blanchfield hopes
to utilize a delivery service so
that inventory will be more
consistent.
Another goal for improving
Java Haus next year is the
implementation of rigidly
consistent hours of operation,
allowing for more dependable
availability as well as more
employment opportunities,
opportunities that are
planned to be extended even
to those without work study.
Although the business
operation of Java Haus
will be inactive until this
upcoming fall, the lounge
space will remain open from
noon till midnight Sunday-
Thursday and noon till 2:00
a.m. on Friday and Saturday,
coinciding with current
checkout guidelines. The
intent is to keep the Java
lounge open as a comfortable
social hub, an event venue
and an alternative to
Burghatory study space.
Speaking to the value
of Java Haus, Blanchfield
offered this remark: “It’s a
great space and it has great
possibility–not something
that I want to see students
lose. I want to see it
ramped back up to fulfill its
potential”.
RELOAD from page 1
Laura Rudeen, a student
in the Urban Youth Ministry
class and the volunteer
coordinator for this event,
said, “It was cool to see so
many people just in Chicago
who are doing this kind of
work because they’re not all
working with the same kind
of organization. They come
from churches or community
development groups or social
work groups. It is a great
opportunity for students
to see youth workers doing
urban ministry in a lot of
different fields.”
This was Rudeen’s, a junior
BTS and Youth Ministry
major, third experience with
Reload, “[Reload] is not only
a chance for continuing
education, it is also a chance
to refresh and be encouraged
and network.”
“I think this year was
successful from a lot of
different standpoints. Not
all only did a lot of people get
the chance to network, I saw
a lot of new faces there that I
hadn’t seen before. Also the
workshops were really good
this year and really different
than just typical discussions.”
Topics did have a present-day
theme, and discussions
attempted to break down
contemporary ideas such
as how to live among kids
who are undocumented and
how to engage the hip-hop
culture.
This was Urban Youth
Ministry student Liza
Fongers’s fourth year being
involved in Reload. Her first
experience was as a junior in
high school, when she and
a group of fellow students
attended Reload. They
participated in the student
leadership tract that Reload
offers for teen leaders.
Saturday’s conference
was Fongers’s third year
volunteering for Chicago
Reload.
Fongers said of the
conference, “Reload is a really
an excellent resource for
youth workers to help them
become better equipped, and
to also reaffirm their work, to
help them recognize they are
not alone in their ministry.”
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North Park Press Friday April 12, 2013 3 News
Garrett Warren
Photographer/Reporter
At the heart of our campus
lies a hidden treasure, known
to some but not all of those
who dwell here. Those who
are busy digging through our
former green space might be
hoping for a chest of gold, but
those informed know better;
it is a treasure of knowledge,
culture, and research.
Brandel Library staff
wishes for it to be a location
where students feel welcome,
a place where they can
enjoy the treasures it offers,
according to Matt Ostercamp,
Access Services Librarian.
The library staff have taken
numerous steps to fulfill this
goal and have further plans
to increase the engagement
of students.
One attempt to engage
students is through
increasing access to
technology. Beyond the
250,000 books available
physically at Brandel,
there are a myriad of other
resources. As recent as
this semester, five iPads,
25 MacBook Airs, and six
Kindles were added to the
library’s resources. In an
effort to further grow online
resources, a plan is in place to
create an extensive collection
of e-books available online
by fall 2013. These can be
accessed by any North Park
student or faculty. The
implementation of e-books
will allow 24/7 access to
research materials even if the
library is closed. The e-book
catalog will be available
through Brandel Library’s
current site.
But the resources at the
library do not end with
technology. Perhaps one
of the most important and
most often overlooked assets
of the library is access to one
of four full-time librarians.
Each librarian has either
two Masters Degrees or a
PhD. They are incredibly
familiar with the research
process, and are there to
benefit students in that
process. “Our job is to help
students,” said Ostercamp,
and stressed that the ability
to ask a librarian about
research was the most vital
resource the library offered.
I-Share is another neat
feature of our library. A book-sharing
system between
eighty libraries throughout
Illinois, with over 11 million
unique items and 36 million
items total, I-Share allows
easy access to books that
cannot normally be found
in Brandel. Some major
partners include Wheaton
College, DePaul University,
Columbia College, the
University of Chicago,
Illinois State University,
Loyola University, and
the Moody Bible Institute.
While accessing this system
may seem confusing at first,
it is rather quite simple.
After going into the library’s
catalog search, there is a
drop down box to change the
search from Brandel catalog
to All I-Share libraries.
Upon finding a book you
want, create an account and
a courier will pick it up from
whatever library it is. It will
then be delivered Brandel
within three to seven days.
To simplify matters, the
books can be returned to
Brandel as if it was any other
borrowed book. I-Share
increases student access to
physical books from 250,000
to over 11 million.
Research databases also
play an important role in
the library’s offerings. These
can be accessed by going to
Brandel Library Quick Link
on North Park University’s
homepage. There is an online
resource of over fifty of the
most up-to-date, searchable
databases on almost every
subject taught at North
Park. While access to these
databases is expensive, North
Parkers enjoy free access to
this database system that is
vital for research papers.
Some of the more recent
developments at the library
are the addition of a journal
browsing section on the
first floor to the left. This
is a lounge area with a
vast range of periodicals,
magazines, and journals.
Additionally, if there is an
item that I-Share or Brandel
doesn’t have, whether it be a
book or a DVD, the library is
always open to purchasing
suggestions. Recent DVD
additions include the popular
“Game of Thrones” seasons
one and two.
(Garrett Warren)
A Knowledge Treasure at the Heart of Campus
Ernesto Santiago Elizondo
Reporter
For centuries, the world
has been a paradigm of
mysteries, wonders and
intrigues that prompt and
inspire men and women to
set out into the unknown
and explore treasures
hidden in plain sight. It
was the challenge of these
voyages that gave rise to
the development of a more
open kind of thinking that
revolutionized the way
we live. Today, the many
cultures and wonders of the
world still remain a mystery
worth exploring. There is no
better day than today to start
exploring. The International
Office is hosting its first
ever “Where in the World?”
event, an exhibition,
organizers hope, will offer
students a taste of the thrill
and challenges of studying
abroad, broaden students’
personal horizons, and
discover the same treasures
that changed the world.
Elisabeth Berntsen,
a Norwegian international
student who will be going
to Mexico in the fall, helped
coordinate the event. She
described it as a “golden
opportunity for students
to learn and experience
firsthand the testimonies
of their peers who have
already been abroad as well
as the current international
students we have on
campus.” She continued,
stating, “I hope students
can find it inspirational and
motivational to explore the
diverse world around them
and to see what it means to
be an American in a different
culture”.
The event will feature
presentations from the
different study abroad
opportunities offered through
North Park University as well
as testimonies from students
who have studied abroad.
Other questions and concerns
will also be addressed. Senior
Communication and Media
Studies major Kia Lewis
also helped to coordinate
the expo. “This event has
two purposes,” she stated.
“First, to serve the interest of
those North Park Students
who want to study abroad by
connecting them with peers
and staff that can answer
any questions and concerns
they may have while
studying abroad. Second, we
wanted to let those students
who have been abroad to
tell their story and how they
were they able to grow out
of this unique experience.”
In addition to the great
experience of submerging
yourself in another culture,
studying abroad is also a
great way of networking and
building community in a
larger scale.
Even though studying
abroad is a great way of
enhancing your knowledge
about different cultures while
having fun traveling, it is
also an experience that comes
with challenges that may
seem difficult to overcome.
Junior Spanish Ed. major
Kendra Pearson spent a
semester in Argentina, where
she found that some of the
challenges she encountered
were only reinforcements
that enhanced her dedication
and commitment. “There are
definitely challenges while
studying abroad,” Pearson
stated. “At first, the language
is the main challenge, I knew
enough Spanish to get by,
but putting it into practice
in a real life situation was
slightly more challenging
than what I had expected.
Getting used to not having
all the answers right at the
moment is a learning habit
that I feel made me a more
independent person.”
In addition to discovering
new cultures, languages
and customs, studying
abroad also helps students
rediscover and reshape their
own identity. Eino Sakari
Ilomäki, an international
student from Finland,
explains his experience
studying abroad in Chicago.
“It’s kind of funny, but I think
I have learned the most about
myself during this year, what
I appreciate and wanted
in life. It has also been
important to step out of my
comfort zone in many ways
and see that I can survive. Of
course meeting people with
different background than
my own was a big plus; and
as a social sciences major it
has been really interesting
to see how differently we
behave in certain situations
and what kinds of beliefs and
schemes/thoughts structures
we have developed.” There
are many things in life that
can directly impact your life
in many ways for better or
worse. Traveling is, in many
ways, an open book waiting
for us to read through its
pages.
The “Where in The World?”
study abroad seminar on
Sunday April 14 from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m. on the second floor
of Brandel Library. Come
and explore the world right
at your doorstep. Enjoy
samples of international
cuisine as well as the
boundless possibilities and
advantages of exploring new
horizons and the importance
of studying abroad.
Where in the World? A Taste of Global Experience
Right at Your Doorstep
4 Friday April 12, 2013 North Park Press Sports
Abbie McKowen
Sports Editor
In April of 2012 the NCAA
celebrated its first weeklong
celebration of Division III schools.
This year the celebration starts
on April 8 and goes until April
14. Division III Week celebrates
the unique experience of athletes
on the Division III level, valuing
academics, school, and community
involvement on the same level as
athletics. Division III athletes aren’t
awarded athletic scholarships, so
their experience is centered around
their love of the game as well as the
classroom. According to the NCAA
“Division III week is a positive
opportunity for all individuals
associated with Division III to
observe and celebrate the impact
of athletics and of student-athletes
on the campus and surrounding
community.”
Division III is the largest of the
NCAA’s division. Over 175,000
athletes compete at this level. The
goal of Division III is to create
student-athletes who compete at a
high level, excel in the classroom,
and are able to pursue other passions
outside of their athletic field.
North Park athletic director, Dr.
Jack Surridge, shares his thoughts
on Division III athletes. “The
facets that distinguish Division III
athletics at North Park University
are love of the sport, the balance
between academics and athletics
and exceptional competition in
our conference. By definition our
student-athletes are not on athletic
scholarships. They compete because
they love their particular sports not
because their scholarship will be
pulled if they don’t perform.”
As a part of the celebration
the NCAA asks every Division III
campus to hold some sort of event
“a type of outreach activity that
falls into one of three categories:
academic accomplishment; athletic
experience; or leadership/community
service/campus involvement.”
The North Park event was
organized by the Student Athlete
Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Members of SAAC reached out to the
Carl Von Linne Elementary School
Softball team. North Park student-athletes
sat with the softball team
and watched the North Park-
St. Mary’s softball game Sunday
afternoon. In between the double
header the elementary softball team
was introduced to the North Park
softball team. The girls played catch
with North Park athletes and ran
around the bases at the Holmgren
Complex. The softball team then
got to enjoy watching North Park’s
sweep over St. Mary’s College.
Faculty advisor of SAAC, coach
Steve Imig commented “The event
proved to be a great way for North
Park and SAAC to celebrate Division
III week in seeking to give back
to the community. I believe that
everyone involved had a fun and
rewarding day and hopefully this is
a partnership that we can continue
to build in looking to the future.”
North Park Celebrates NCAA Division III Week
Abbie McKowen
Sports Editor
Softball Team Continuing Success
The North Park softball team has had a great amount of
success at the beginning of their season. As the team begins
to enter conference play they’re looking to hang on to that
success. In their first conference game of the season the
team defeated Wheaton 2-1. Sophomore Lindsay Synek
hit the game winning hit to complete the Viking comeback.
Synek almost did it again in the second game of the double
header but Wheaton held on to their 3-2 lead to win the
second game.
Sports Wrap-Ups
Men’s Golf Team Opens Season with an Impressive
Finish
At the Elmhurst College Blue Jay Classic the men’s golf team
opened their season only one stroke short of champions. The
team tied for 2nd with Carthage out of 13 teams. The Vikings
had a team score of 306, while Milikin University finished just
ahead of North Park with a score of 305. Senior Sean Bostrom
and juniors Martin Carlsson and Tobias Nordin all tied for
fourth with the same score of 76. Senior Oscar Lidheim tied
for 12th with a score of 78. The Vikings are looking to continue
their success to the Augustana College Invite on April 12 and
13. The women’s team will also be competing at the Augustana
College Invite to open their season.
Track and Field Competes at
Chicagoland Championships
The men and women’s Track and Field
teams traveled to Romeoville, IL to compete
at Lewis University where men’s team
finished in 15th with a team score of 13
points and the women finished in 19th with
a score of 3 points. The men’s team had
some impressive finishes from freshmen
Marcus Griffith and Manuel Ley, as well as
sophomore Dave Anderson. Griffith finished
6th in the 110 meter hurdles. Ley finished
5th in the pole vault. Anderson came up huge
for the Vikings with a 3rd place finish in the
discus throw. The women’s side had a strong
showing from junior Shanicka Watson, who
earned the women’s only top ten finish in the
long jump by finishing in 6th. Other top 20
finishes for the men and women came from
Dominikque Williams, Alexa Baker, Amber
Warners, Emma Manning, Sarah Ring,
Natalie Swanson, Olivia Dwight, Justin
Klinefelter, Patrick Wallace, and Andrew
Gapsch. The track and field teams will
compete again on April 13 at the Wisconsin
Lutheran Invitational.
Vikings Controlling the CCIW
The North Park baseball team is about halfway through the
season and going strong. Right in the middle of conference play
the baseball team is currently ranked second in the conference,
but still awaiting the challenge of Illinois Wesleyan University,
currently undefeated in the conference. After suffering a rough
loss to Wheaton Friday night the team traveled to Wheaton
to put to rest any doubts about the baseball team when they
defeated the Thunder 15-5. To further prove that the Vikings
can compete in one of the toughest conferences in the nation
they swept the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
(CCIW) Player of the Week honors. Senior Kyle Williams
earned hitter of the week and junior Nick Vidas earned pitcher
of the week honors. This is the team’s first Player of the Week
honors this season.
Images courtesy of
North Park Athletics
A&E North Park Press Friday April 12, 2013 5
Carrie Underwood- 5/2
Probably one of the most successful American
Idols to date, Carrie Underwood has had her
music played on the country stations as well
as the top 40 stations. She’s bringing her boots
and her voice to the Prairie State May 2nd on
the Midwest leg of her Blown Away Tour. Hunter
Hayes, known for his hit song ‘Wanted’ that has
all the ladies swooning, joins her. Come see this
dynamic duo perform before all the tickets are
gone.
Kenny Chesney- 4/26
Forget British invasion, Chicago is being
taken over by musicians from the south. Kacey
Musgraves and the Eli Young Band will join
Kenny Chesney at the end of the month for their
No Shoes Nation tour. Chesney has produced over
19 albums to date, with his most popular singles
being ‘She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy’, ‘No Shirt,
No Shoes, No Problem’, and ‘Summertime’. He
has toured with names like Dierks Bentley, Keith
Urban, Brooks and Dunn and Luke Bryan. If you
want to get your boots tappin’ but can’t wait for
Carrie, hit this show as your warm up!
Senses Fail- 5/3
This New Jersey based band had been
successful from the get go with their album Let
it Enfold You. A hardcore band at their base, they
use external influences from books, philosophy
and religion to tie their sound together. Despite
success with their other 5 albums, their most
recognized song is still probably ‘Buried a Lie’
from their first album. Catch them at the Bottom
Lounge in May.
Kylee Reynolds
A&E Editor
Drew Arvidson
News Editor
Bourgeois Pig (Fullerton)
The Bourgeois Pig is a unique
fusion between a quiet café and a
mouth-watering French restaurant.
One side of the restaurant is strictly
a café where you can get yourcoffee
or latte. The other side is the
restaurant where you order your
food. They serve perfectly pressed
panini’s as well as reward winning
sandwiches. The restaurant is
medium priced, while the café is
normally priced. What makes this
place stand out is the unique decor
of the upstairs. There are several
separate rooms, some where you sit
on velvet couches and some where
you can sit at a wooden table. The
walls are covered with antique
mirrors and the ambiance is lighted
with beautiful chandeliers. The
Bourgeois Pig makes for a great
casual brunch with a close friends.
Little Goat Diner (West Loop)
Stephanie Izard, winner of
Season 4 Top Chef, is the founder
of Little Goat Diner. Little Goat
Diner is known for their bread.
Other than bread, the diner serves
coffee, croissants, soups, bagels
and sandwiches. Little Goat Diner
has an open environment, with
warm looking furniture and a bar
that faces the kitchen with an open
kitchen window. The window allows
the guests to anxiously watch their
meals be prepared. This makes a
perfect place to take someone who’s
visiting out to breakfast and then
show them around downtown. But
don’t limit it to just a breakfast
venue, they offer a superb lunch
and dinner menu as well.
Windy City Thangs
Sam Wyand
Guest Writer
Another weekend of recitals has
ended, much to the relief of several
music students. Aaron Boock, a
Senior studying Music and Worship,
had his recital at Sojourner Covenant
Church on Friday, April 5th.
Unfortunately, because Sojourner is
in Evanston, I had a problem getting
out to his recital. However, after
asking students who attended how
the recital went, I heard only good
things about Aaron’s performance.
I did, however, manage to make it
to a performance by Leslie Michele
at North Park Covenant Church on
Sunday the 7th.
Leslie, who specializes in
vocal Jazz and Gospel, organized her
performance to reflect her spiritual
journey throughout the year. Leslie
was joined by guest artists like
Professor Thomas Jefferson and
North Park Seniors William Bodell,
Anders Nordstrom, Robin Rice,
and Teel Short. Juniors Ewa B.
Sarota-Raczek and Benjamin Rico
also performed. Leslie acted as the
premiere vocalist for each of the
various ensembles that were on
stage and added her individual vocal
color to each song in a unique way.
As Leslie performed inspirational
spirituals like Strength, Courage,
and Widsom and Bridge Over
Troubled Water, she explained in a
small monologue how each piece had
significantly affected her spiritual
journey. Leslie also performed pieces
composed by North Park students
Robin Rice and Benjamin Rico.
Overall, I thought that the
performance was excellent. The
theme that Leslie created for the
Recital tied the pieces together and
allowed the audience to experience
a part of the moving journey that
Leslie had experienced. Leslie sang
with passion and brought several in
the audience to tears with the raw
emotion of her low, sweet voice. In
general, Leslie kept her pitch well
and relied on close contact with
her audience rather than strong
dynamics to get her message across.
Senior Recitals
Chicago
Concerts
6 Friday April 12, 2013 North Park Press Opinion
Older than
America:
Everything in
England
Tiia Sahrakorpi
International Columnist
What’s more exciting than seeing
Stonehenge? Well, not much, except seeing
British warships from the 1800s, Roman
forts and Norman castles. The last part of
my study abroad has been a class called
British Landscapes, which takes place right
after the eight week Oxford term. Let me
recap this into perspective for you: eight
weeks of Oxford term is basically the same
as a normal sixteen week semester at North
Park. I wrote 12 essays of 2,500 words each
and read eight to ten books per paper. By
the time British Landscape started I was
tired and exhausted—and I had three more
essays to still write. But enough about
essays! More about England!
During the last four weeks of studying
abroad, we visited as a group of fifty American
students a plethora of fascinating British
sites that many other tourists probably
might not get the chance to visit—such as
Portsmouth and Winchester. Portsmouth is
on the southern coast of England and has
been a naval port for longer than America
has even been a colony, let alone a country.
Henry VIII’s warship, The Mary Rose set
sail in 1548 from the very naval port still
in use today. The Romans originally built
a fort near Portsmouth to scare off pirates
and other nasty sorts, until the Normans
came and refurbished the Roman military
fort with a tall, threatening tower.
The fort was brought back into use by the
British navy, where they kept Spanish and
French prisoners during the Napoleonic
wars in the early1800s. These rather crafty
prisoners made lace, which apparently
they were so good at making that it became
more popular than the products of the local
lace makers, forcing the prisoners to stop
selling lace. Portsmouth is also the home to
HMS Warrior, the famous battleship where
Lord Nelson (think the British version of
George Washington as a naval commander,
with equal amounts of reverence and hero-worship)
fought Napoleon in the Battle of
Trafalgar and died a very heroic death in
1805.
Winchester, on the other hand, a quaint
and beautiful town is home to the Hospital
of St. Cross, established around 1133-1136
by Bishop of Winchester, Henry de Blois,
grandson of William the Conqueror. It
was not a hospital in the sense that we
understand the word, but a place where
old men could live on the expense of
donations. It still functions in the same
way as it did nearly a thousand years
ago, and I would expect it will continue
on for many years to come. Another
beautiful reason to visit Winchester
is to view its old cathedral, which was
started by the Normans and worked on
for many centuries afterwards.
While London and Oxford are
definitely worth the visit, other places
in England provide even more of an
insight into the rich history England
has to offer that is not quite like
anything we have the States.
To find out more:
http://www.maryrose.org/
http://stcrosshospital.co.uk/
http://winchester-cathedral.org.uk/
Emily Loutfy
Columnist
So this conversation is about to
take a very uncomfortable turn.
But please, don’t think of me as
your mother or father – blushing
awkwardly and spewing words from
their mouth like “birds” and “bees”
and “intercourse.” Now that I’ve
painted this wonderful picture for
you, we’re gonna talk about sex (ba-by
– sorry, for the love of Salt N’ Pepa,
I had to).
While Christian morality
(and my own personal morality)
doesn’t line up with sex outside of a
committed relationship, it’s no one’s
job to judge you for the things you do
in your “free time.” My job is to inform
you of things that are pertinent to
your health. And people, you’re going
to want to listen to this one.
The CDC just announced
recently that 20 million newly
reported sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) occur annually. This
doesn’t apply to those who have gone
through life without treating these
STIs. For those who don’t know,
this is the new tokened term for
sexually transmitted disease (STD).
It is an umbrella term encompassing
everything related to problems in,
ahem, those areas.
They also report that treating
these STIs cost the healthcare
industry over $16 billion in direct
medical costs annually. They state
that those who are 15-24 account
for half of all new infections. Notice
that I didn’t say recurring infections
– which some of them will do at
different points in your life. Some
of them stick around your entire
life, causing degenerative health
problems, such as HIV.
CDC epidemiologist Catherine
Satterwhite stated in an article
by CNN Medical Producer Willam
Hudson: “All STIs are preventable.
They’re all treatable, and many are
curable. But if they’re left untreated,
they can lead to pretty serious lifelong
problems and even death.”
She also stated the importance
of talking openly to your partners
and doctors about it. Take the steps
to reduce your individual risk by
“vaccinating, practicing abstinence,
using condoms correctly and
consistently every time and being in a
mutually monogamous relationship”
Here are some additional
recommendations from the Center
for Disease Control:
– “All sexually active women aged
25 and younger should be screened
annually for chlamydia, as well as
older women with risk factors such
as new or multiple sex partners.
– At-risk sexually active women,
such as those with new or multiple
sex partners, should be screened
yearly for gonorrhea.
– All pregnant women should be
screened for syphilis, HIV, chlamydia
and hepatitis B, and at-risk pregnant
women should be screened for
gonorrhea at the first prenatal visit.
– All HIV-positive women should be
screened annually for trichomoniasis.
– All sexually active gay, bisexual
or other men who have sex with
men should be screened at least
once a year for syphilis, chlamydia,
gonorrhea and HIV; men who have
multiple or anonymous male sex
partners should be screened more
frequently for STIs (three- to six-month
intervals), and men who have
sex with men and use illicit drugs
such as methamphetamine, or have
partners who do, should be screened
more frequently.”
If you have questions, you can
email me at my Vikings email. I will
be happy to refer you to someone who
can answer questions that I can’t!.
Take care of yourselves, peeps.
Lets Talk About Sex!
(Tiia Sahrakorphi)
North Park Press Friday April 12, 2013 7
THEME: EARTH DAY
ACROSS
1. It’s a wrap
6. *A call to being green, acr.
9. Fog effect
13. Solo
14. Mother, sister or daughter
15. “_____ truly”
16. Teacher’s pet, e.g.
17. Radio knob
18. Consume
19. Bungle
21. *Biology branch
23. Long time
24. Niels Bohr’s study object
25. Cleopatra’s killer?
28. Christening acquisition
30. On which Romney and Obama
were found
35. It must go on?
37. *Like animal near extinction
39. Marilyn Munster to Herman
Munster, e.g.
40. Delhi dress
41. Sends by posts
43. Imitator
44. Are not
46. Mosquito net fabric
47. End of the line
48. Noontime
50. Give certain impression
52. DNA transmitter
53. Boll weevil, e.g.
55. Car display
57. *Garden helper
61. Iron Man’s robotic nemesis
64. French farewell
65. Galley tool
67. Vociferously praises
69. Choral composition with
sacred lyrics
70. Fix a game
71. He lives on Sesame Street
72. *You do it to your garden’s soil
before planting
73. “... ___ he drove out of sight”
74. Homes are often tested for this
DOWN
1. Maple syrup precursor
2. Reunion attendee
3. Lariat, e.g.
4. Used in some liquors
5. *Earth Day founder
6. Please get back to me
7. 17th letter of Greek alphabet
8. Rent again
9. Delivered by a mare
10. *Its emissions are regulated
11. Pharma product
12. Grammy of sports
15. Tower of London guard
20. Render harmless
22. *Corn holder, often left behind
to protect soil quality
24. Most aerial
25. Indian state
26. Harry Belafonte’s daughter
27. Focused or riveted
29. “Yes, ___”
31. One who fabricates
32. _____ colony, middle ages
33. *An earthly body
34. *Earth to ancient Romans
36. *Prop pusher
38. Do it “or ____!”
42. Beach souvenir
45. To give up or bow out
49. Up and down nod
51. *______ earth
54. Mercantile establishment
56. Kate Middleton’s head gear
57. Barack’s David
58. One wafting
59. Possible indoor allergy cause
60. Voyeur’s glance
61. Impulse
62. “____ your manners”
63. Assortment
66. *Clean ___ Act
68. Congressional title
Sudoku solution from 3/28
Crossword solution from 3/28
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On the bridge she waited.
Moonlight drenched her skin.
The dog came first and then the man.
(Apprehensive, he froze.)
“Are you a ghost?” he whispered.
The dog started to whimper, the man stood pale.
She looked down at her small feet and outstretched arms.
(Inconsequential.)
“I dreamt I met a ghost here,” he explained,
“I wonder if you’re her.”
“Sir,” she responded, quietly,
(“I’m not what you’re searching for.”)
On the Bridge She Waited
by Kat Anderson jaRED
by Rachel Greene
Thump thump
concrete versus tattered red chucks
shoes win
face loses
cooper scented blood leaks from lip
FLASH
seven years
shay’s basement
chase with eye shadow
little brother doesn’t want to “be pretty”
face met door
fat lip
dark red blood
Fortune Cookies?
by Rachel Greene
Fortune Cookies rarely give fortunes
they’re usually just statements…
When in future tense
it’s painfully generic:
“You will cross paths with someone
new
today.”
If I leave my apartment at all today,
I will probably
cross paths with someone new!
“Your infinite capacity for
patience will be
rewarded
sooner or later.”
If “rewarded” at all it would have to be
sooner or
later.
Stupid cookie.
“Hey!” The cracked cookie grumbles
“I’m a cookie what’d you expect?”
Fair enough cookie. Fair enough.
I blame your insides:
“Your life is a dashing and bold adventure.
Lucky Numbers: 18, 16, 43, 41, 35, 36
Lettuce
(shēng) (cái)”
In what conversation
will I only need to know the word lettuce?
Stupid tiny piece of paper.
Cookies always tell the truth
but their paper hearts never do.
My life is
not
a dashing and bold adventure.